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Habtom Samuel and Fentaye Belayneh Win the 2026 Boston Half
Samuel ran 59:49 to take 45 seconds off the event record and break an hour for the first time in Massachusetts, while Belayneh won a third straight title by two seconds.
Race Coverage
Full Results: Indianapolis Monumental Marathon
Johnnie Guy and Lindsey Bradley both set course records in Indianapolis, Bradley by a single second, as 28 runners went under the 2028 Olympic Trials standards.
Race Coverage
We Mapped Every One of the 61,060 Runners in the New York City Marathon
Twelve interactive maps rebuild the race minute by minute, from the crowds on the bridges to the runners who passed thousands and the push to finish under four hours.
Michael Doyle
Johnnie Guy and Lindsey Bradley Win the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon in Course Records
Guy ran 2:11:47 and Bradley 2:29:47 on Saturday as 28 runners finished under the qualifying standards for the 2028 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, more than double last year’s total.
Race Coverage
Josh Kerr Delivered the Match Ball Before Scotland Faced the All Blacks
The mile world record holder walked out at Murrayfield in a Scotland shirt numbered 222, a nod to his 3:42.66 in London, before New Zealand won 43-21.
Elite Runners
Connecticut High School Runner Disqualified From Second Place at State Open Over Heart Rate Monitor
Xavier junior Quentin Koch lost his runner-up finish under a Connecticut rule that national high school rules do not share, and he can wear the same device at the New England Championships on Nov. 14.
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